Cultivation-independent techniques for studying methanotroph ecology

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 807-814

  Colin Murrell, J ^a   Radajewski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Diversity; FISH; Gene probes; Methane monooxygenase; Methane oxidizing bacteria; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE PROBE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL TREATMENT; TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 0034530474     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)01146-3     Document Type: Review

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